An abscess on her lung, due to tuberculosis, caused by malarial fever.
That's what caused the death of my first cousin, three times removed-Alverdia Wickliffe.
She was the youngest daughter out of 5 children born to my two times great aunt & uncle, Mary & Jacob Wickliffe.
She was the youngest daughter out of 5 children born to my two times great aunt & uncle, Mary & Jacob Wickliffe.
The first thing I notice about my cousin's death record, is the fact that she died at just 18 years old.
I've posted about her father Jacob's horrific death, just 3 years before her own in 1916.
The only other record that I have been able to find for her, is the 1910 census. She was 11 at the time. The record stated that the family had 7 children, but only 5 were living. This record also spells her name Alverta,
At first, I wondered how she caught malarial fever & then I was amazed to find out how many were affected by the disease. According to Kentucky: Portrait in Paradox, 1900-1950 By James C. Klotter, Kentucky had the 3rd highest rate in the US by 1900.
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